Union General Order No. 192, December 24, 1862
Union General Order No. 192, December 24, 1862
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- Description
- This Union General Order No. 192, with address Camp near Falmouth, Va., was probably printed on a portable press in the field. It was prepared for Asst. Adj. Gen. Lewis Richmond of the Union Army of the Potomac in December 1862 and issued by command of Major General Burnside to Major Wood of the 17th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac and Captain Welton of the 19th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac.
- The prospectus for the Cooley Press lists Major General Burnside as having purchased a Cooley press by July 1862. Both Union and Confederate general orders were printed using similar type fonts and formats.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- military order
- paper (sheet)
- sheet (paper)
- Object Type
- Letterpress
- date made
- 1862-12-24
- printer
- Army of the Potomac
- Richmond, Lewis
- made in army camp
- United States: Virginia, Falmouth
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.7 cm x 13.9 cm; 8 9/16 in x 5 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 2007.0186.01
- accession number
- 2007.0186
- catalog number
- 2007.0186.01
- subject
- Civil War
- Printing
- Civil War
- Civil War
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- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Civil War Field Printing
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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